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This site when complete will contain all the research I have managed to accumulate over the years, starting from Edinburgh working back to Edenderry, Fife and Lerwick.

"Were do I go from here?"

looking for suggestions on further research anyone may think needs done on this site and individuals as I have covered all lines in the tree, direct or otherwise, so I think this is it as far as I can get when the family history is concerned, as for the website itself it could probably be

improved upon so if anyone has a question on there mind or needs answering as I probably have it on paper somewhere or has any further

information that might help let me know

Lindsay Tartan

Rooney Crest

Rooney Tartan Variant

This interesting name is of Irish origin. It derives from the medieval Gaelic O' Ruanaidh, meaning The descendant of the champion". Unfortunately we do not know who the champion was except that he would have been the chief of the clan. The original O' Rooney’s were from Dromore in County Down, and today whilst they are spread through Ireland, they remain principally in Ulster, and the neighbouring county of Leitrim. They were famous as a literary family, who included Eoin O' Rooney, chief poet to the Mac Guinness of Iveagh in the 14th century, whilst five centuries later the tradition was still continuing with John Jerome Rooney. He was born in America in 1866, and an Irish-American Catholic poet, whilst William Roony (1873 - 1901), was both a poet and a Gaelic revivalist, and Micky Rooney was the most famous film star of his day. There is a place called Rooney's Island in County Donegal. The modern surname can be found as Rooney, Roony, Rownoe and Roney. Amongst the sample recordings in Ireland is the christening of Daniel, son of Hugh and Joanna Rooney on January 31st 1754 at Inch by Gorey, County Wexford. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ceallach O' Rooney (chief poet of Ireland), which was dated 1079. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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